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This debut CD contains some of the best and most beloved examples of the Turkish devotional chants, namely Zikr music. Ritual and prayer are aspects of Muslim spiritual life shared by mystics and non-mystics alike. But the distinctive worship of the Sufis is the Zikr, the remembrance of the Friend. Zikr is the first step in the way of love; when somebody loves, one repeats the Friend's name in order to constantly remember this essence in one's heart, consequently sees the Friend in all living beings. Turkish zikr music is the primary intermediary to create and sustain such a mood in which participants can experience the unity between themselves and the Truth in a trance atmosphere. "Ilahis", one of the best known Turkish poetic and musical forms, are hymns based on poems written by Sufi saints. By inspiration, they are created to bring those present to God. In the Alevi-Bektashi tradition, these songs are called "Nefes". The vast majority of these Turkish Zikr songs are based on the 13th century mystic poet Yunus Emre's lyrics. His down-to-earth folk style and devotion provides the perfect material for devotional chanting.
Latif Bolat translated a compilation of seven centuries of mystic hymns of Turkey's rebellious Sufi poets in Quarreling with God, Mystic Rebel Poems of the Dervishes of Turkey, available from White Cloud Press.
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